Ancient Evenings: A Novel

Ancient Evenings: A Novel

Norman Mailerâ€™s dazzlingly rich, deeply evocative novel of ancient Egypt breathes life into the figures of a lost era: the eighteenth-dynasty Pharaoh Rameses and his wife, Queen Nefertiti; Menenhetet, their creature, lover, and victim; and the gods and mortals that surround them in intimate and telepathic communion. Mailerâ€™s reincarnated protagonist is carried through the exquisite gardens of the royal harem, along the majestic flow of the Nile, and into the terrifying clash of battle. An extraordinary work of inventiveness, Ancient Evenings lives on in the mind long after the last page has been turned.
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Praise for Ancient Evenings
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â€œAstounding, beautifully written . . . a leap of imagination that crosses three millennia to Pharaonic Egypt.â€â€”USA Today
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â€œMailer makes a miraculous present out of age-deep memories, bringing to life the rhythms, the images, the sensuousness of a lost time.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œMailerâ€™s Egypt is a haunting and magical place. . . . The reader wallows in the scope, depth, the sheer magnitude andâ€”yesâ€”the fertility of his imagination.â€â€”The Washington Post Book World
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â€œAn enormous pyramid of a novel [reminiscent of] Thomas Pynchonâ€™s Gravityâ€™s Rainbow and Carlos Fuentesâ€™s Terra Nostra.â€â€”Los Angeles Herald Examiner
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Praise for Norman Mailer
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â€œ[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œA writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.â€â€”The New Yorker
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â€œMailer is indispensable, an American treasure.â€â€”The Washington Post
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â€œA devastatingly alive and original creative mind.â€â€”Life
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â€œMailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.â€â€”The New York Review of Books
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â€œThe largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
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â€œMailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.â€â€”The Cincinnati Post
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780812986068
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-02-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812986068

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780812986068
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-02-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812986068

Ancient Evenings: A Novel

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